Line-tightener.



A. KEGK.

- LINE IIGHTENBR. .-Lrruorrxox rmsn nov. 1e. mov.

Patgmd sept. 15,19s8l z x17 .bij

ADDISUX KEUR, Ul" Slill-Xll'lllY. NEW YORK.

LINE-TIGHTENER.

Specification of Letters Parent.v

Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

Application ted November 16, i907.- Seral No. 402,507,

To all "/rwm. it. may concern:

Be it known that l. Annisox Kriek, a. citi` zen oll the United States, residing)r a.. chouertally, in the county olv Schenectady and State ot' New York, have, invented new and useful [mprovenwnts in Line-'l`i l=.teners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates 1o an improvement in line ighteners lor taking up the slack in clothes .and other lines, and consists in the construction` tonil-iuation und arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

The ohject ol' my invention is to provide n cheap, simple, strong and durable device of this character which may he readily attached to a clothes or other line und readily operated to tighten or take. up slack in the. line.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of n line. t-ightener constructed in accordati-ice with my invent-ion. Fig. is a. sectional View of the same, taken on the plane indicated by the line a-a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is :t top plan view illustrating a modified form of my improved lineI tightener, and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the same taken on the plane indicated by the line 1)-6 of Fig. 3.

My improved line tightener consists essentially of a, drtnngl, n hail :l and a handle Il, The drum, which is cylindrical in form, is hollow. open nt one enihns at 4, closed at the opposite end, :is at .'i, :ind is provided :tt the said closed end with a concentric-elly disposed portion (i of reduced diameter, the inner port ion 7 ot' which iscylindrical in form, which constitutes a. journal und the outer ortion R is iolvfomrl in form to enahleit. L

to he fitted in a simihirl) slmped opening in the inner end ol' the handle li. Such handle is attached to said pol \f' onal portion by means of the pin J or any other suitable device.

Thehail f2 is V-shaped to provide arms )Q -11, the said hail is nuiflc of wire of suit.- ahle gage. and ntthe ends of its said arms 10-11 are coils lil-J3 respectively of n size to enable them to be respectively iitted on the open end of the drum and on the cylindrica portion 7 -of the reduced stud at the closed eml of the drum. stood that such coils` provide hearings for the drum and cause the drum to he mounted in the outer ends ot the armsol the lr-:til for rotation. The arm lll hns im ere 14 formed therein. A link 15 is Vattac ted to the said eye and may he engaged with and disengaged from the arm il. When engaged with said arm, the link prevents the drum from rot-ation, ss will be readily understood.

One end of the line is attached to the hail, as at 15, the other end of the. line is part-ly coiled on the drum, isl passed through an opening 1T therein ndis provided with. n knot'I 1S on the inner side of the drum which securely attaches said end of the line thereto. It; will he understood that hy turning the drum to cause the line to wind up on the drum, the line may he shortened to the required extent t-o take up the slack therein. When the slack of the line has heen thus taken up, the link 15 is engaged with the arm 3 to secure the drum against reverse rotation.

In the inoditied form of my invention shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the handle 19 is mounted on a cylindrical outer portion of the stud 21 which projects from the, closed end of the drum 222. The, arm 23 of the bail 24 has the coils 25 which form bearings for.

the said stud. A ratchet wheel 26 is secured to the said stud het-weon the coils and the arm 19 hy menus of the pin 27 or other suitable device. Such arm 19 is provided with a s )rink-pressed dog` or pnwl 2S to engage suelr rathhet. wheel. 1twill'he understood that this construction enables the drum to he rotated to wind up the line by imparting oscillating mot-ion to the arm 19. The operator grnsps the drum to n'event it from revelsely turning and unree ing;v the line at each reverse.' stroke of the :mn 19. W'hen the lino has been wound up, thoarm 1.) is fastened to the hail hy the link 15.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim. as new and desire to secure hy Let-= ters-Patcnt is The herein described line tightener comil Will lie under# prising a drum having a. journal at one end,

A arm of said bail being further provided with 4 Witnesses:

l said journal havinv a cylindrical orton and 1 e e and ada ted to be engaged and disenh Y) z Y P an angular portipn; a \ishqped .ail h nvng gaged from tue handle. 0 l 10 arms each pt ovided Wlth cons, said c0115 be- In testimony whereof, I ax .my slgnature ing of such sxze as to respectlvely engage the in presence of two witnesses.

journalzmd une end, directly,of thedrmnIv one ADDISGN KECK.

an eye, a handic baking an opening receiving MINARD JOHNSON, said journal and a link attached to the said i THOMAS R. T11J.oTT,'Jr. 

